ENTEROBACTERIACEAE Flashcards
RAPID LACTOSE FERMENTERS
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella spp
Enterobacter spp.
NON-LACTOSE FERMENTERS
Salmonella spp except for S. arizonae
Shigella except S. sonnei
Proteus
Providencia
Morganella
Edwardsiella
LATE LACTOSE FERMENTERS
Salmonella arizonae
Shigella sonnei
Serratia spp
Hafnia spp
Yersinia spp
Citrobacter
Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) pH indicator
Phenol Red
TSI H2s indicator
Sodium thiosulfate is reduced to Sulfur Dioxide and Hydrogen Sulfide which reacts with Ferrous Sulfate
to produce black ferric sulfide
To determine if a g- bacilli
decarboxylates or
deaminates lysine and forms
H2S
Lysine Iron Agar (LIA)
If oxidative deamination of lysine
occurs
it will form a burgundy (red) color on
the slant in the presence of ferric ammonium
citrate and flavin mononucleotide.
If deamination does not occur
LIA slant remains purple
When glucose is fermented, the butt of
the medium becomes
acidic (yellow)
If the organism produces lysine
decarboxylase
cadaverine (purple) is
formed
If the decarboxylase is not produced,
the butt remains
acidic (yellow)
check organism (+) for
deamination
Slunt part
check organism (+) for
deamination
Slunt part
check organism (+) for
decarboxylation
Butt part
Organisms that involved deamination
Proteus, Morganella and Providencia
if the bacteria can produce sulfide
it will result of blackening
SULFIDE (H2S+)
INDOLE Result
Pink ring formation (+)
need Kovac’s reagent/Ehrlich’s reagent